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gavelkind

In Britain, system of land tenure found only in Kent. The tenant paid rent to the lord instead of carrying out services for him, as elsewhere. It came into force in Anglo-Saxon times and was only formally abolished 1926. The term comes from Old English gafol, ‘tribute’ and gecynd, ‘kind’.



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They asserted that Henry's claim to the lands trumped hers because of the custom of gavelkind, an ancient form of land tenure that still survived mainly in Kent.
 
 
 
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